From midnight drives through the Italian countryside to presenting at the New York Wine Experience to a crowd of thousands, Barolo and Barbaresco vintner Angelo Gaja and Wine Spectator editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken have been through it all together. These friends sat down to talk about Gaja’s legacy as an inimitable force in Italian winemaking, as well as his family history, plans for the future, and more than a few adventurous anecdotes along the way. Read the full, exclusive interview between these two titans of the wine world!
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